Attachment for linotype-machines.



A. F. WELLING. ATTACHMENT FOR'LINOTYPE MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.4,1909.

933,509. Patented Sept. 7,1909.

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- ATTORNEYS NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. 1

ALFRED E WELLING, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ATTACHMENT FOR LINOTYPE-MACHINES.

' Specification 6f Letters Patent.

This invention relates to certain improvements in attachments for linotype machines, and more particularly to devices for determining the number of. quads to be allowed: for a cut, so that the operator will be enabled to assemble the proper number of matrices having intelligible characters to fill the space at one side of the irregular one line of a picture or design and then insert the proper number of blanks or quads to fill the remainder of the line, that is, the space to be occupied by the picture or design. printing in each line may bevaried in accordance with the outline of the picture or.

figure which is to be inserted, so that there will be no waste space about the picture or figure.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures, and in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a linotype machine provided with my improved att-achment; Fig. 2 is a front view of the attachment per .96 on a somewhat larger scale; and Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the attachment, a portion thereof being broken away.

In connection with my improved attachment I employ a copy-board 10, which is firmly supported upon the frame of the machine above the keyboard and preferably below the assembling mechanism. A picture or figure which has an irregular outline around which it is desired to print is preferably placed 'on a sheetof paper and'a line is marked around the outline of the. picture. The operator then cuts out the paper along the marked line andfthe piece of paper is secured to the copy-board with the reverse side up. The position of the copy on the copy-board is dependent upon the position which it is desired that the cut shall take on the printed page. As shown in Fig. 1, a

sheet of paper 11 is secured to the copy- With my device, the length ofthe.

lines 12, 12, spaced aparta distance equal to the width of a column. This sheet of paper carries a separate piece 13 cut so that its periphery coincides with the irregular out- Patented Sept. 7, 1909. Application filed February 4, 1909. Serial No. 475,966.

board and upon this sheet are two vertical 1 line of the figure but in reverse position. It 1 is of course evident that a line may be marked on the sheet 11 to indicate this outline instead of pasting in position a separate sheet 13.

, To a depending portion 14 of the assembler slide 15, I secure a bracket 16 by means of a set screw 17. Carried by the bracket and normally rigid in' respect thereto, I provide a rod 18 hereinafter referred to as the scale carrying rod This rod may vbe of any suitable material and is preferably secured to ,'the bracket by means of a set screw 19. By loosening the set screw, the rod may be adjusted longitudinally of the bracket and brought to the desired position in respect, to the margin lines 12, 12 on the sheet 11. The scale-carrying rod lies in a plane substantially parallel to the. copyboard 10 and is movable longitudinally with the assembler slide 15, so that as each line of A type is cast the rod 18 moves lengthwise a distance equal to the length of the line.

Adjacent .the outer or free end of the scale-carrying rod and carried thereby is a slide 20 having a limited movement longitudinally of the rod. Extendingvertically through this slide is a pointer rod 21, the lower end of which terminates adjacent the copy-board. The lower end of the pointer rod may, iffdesired, carry a transverselyextending needle or pointer proper 22, the point OfWlllCll'tGI'IIliIlittQS closely adjacent the sheet 11. The pointer. rod 21 is longitudinally movable through the slide 20 but its movement is restricted by a spring-pressed catch 23 carried by the slide and having engagement with the rod. The rod is preferably polygonal in cross section and each of its different sides is provided with a series of notches, recesses or indentations, which may engage with the spring-pressed catch 23. All of the notchesor recessesin anyone side are at a uniform distance apart but the distance between the notches or recesses on one side is difierent from that on each of the other sides. As the pointer rod is moved longitudinally, the spring catch 23 enters the several recesses in the adjacent side thereof and tends to interrupt the movethrough a predetermined distance; This distance depends upon the character of the matrices being assembled an the corresponding height of the linotype slug or bar cast therefrom. The several sides of the rod are used in connection with matrices which cast slugs or bars of different heights. In the specific form illustrated, the rod is hex-g agonal and the recesses in one side of the rod may be for five-point type, on another side for six-point type, and so on for six different sizes;

The scale carrying red is has a segmental scale 24 preferabl formed of metal and having its ends rigidly secured to the rod. The body portion of the scale may be spaced a short distance awa from the rod 18, so as to facilitate the movement of the slide 20. Movable over this scale is a pointer 25, the position of which'is determined by the relative position of the slide and the rod 18.

g This pointer 25 is pivoted to the slide 20 and extends up over the scale, and its lower end below the pivot 26 is connected'to the rod-18 by a link 27. Thus as the slide 20 is moved longitudinally of the rod 18, the pivot of the pointer is likewise moved and'the upper end of the pointer is moved forward at a greater rate than the slide. A slight movement of the slide in respect to the rod causes a correspondingly large movement of the pointer in respect to the scale. The scale may be subdivided into a plurality of sectionsand calibrated to read in quads A longitudinal movement of the slider 20 through the length of one quad will cause a movement of the up er end of the-pointer over the scale a distance equal to one subdivision of the scale.

In the use of my improved atta'clnnent, the slide 20 is moved toits right hand limiting position and the rod 18 is secured to the bracket 16, so that the needle 22 will be opposite to the right-hand column line 12 on the sheet 11. The pointer rod 21 is moved through the slide until the needle 22 comes at substantially the elevation of the upper edge of the cut or figure on the sheet 11. The side of the rod 12 placed toward the spring catch 23 is determined byfthe matrices being assembled the height of the linotype bars cast therefrom. The operator now works the l're'yboa'rd to set the type until the needle 22 reaches the right-hand edge of the "out. He then moves the slide 20 along the rod 18 toward the left-hand end until the pointer comes adjacent the left-hand edge of the cut. This movement of the slide moves the pointer 25and the operator reads on the scale theiiumber of quad-s which it will be necessary to insert to fill the space for the out As soon as these'quads have been insert- "ed, the operator continues setting matrices until the end or theline is reached. Th'eg assembler slide carries the'at't-achment basic columns, or is to have one edge terminatin in one column, then the cut, or rather its reverse, is correspondingly placed on the sheet 11 and the type matrices are set up to the edge of the cut or from the edge of the cut to the edge of the column, dependent upon whether the type matrices of the column at one side of the cut or at the other side are beingas'sembled; In any case, the operator moves the rod 21 downwardly after each line has been assembled and determines the number of quadsto be inserted, by theiposition of the pointer. If the major portion of the line is to be quads, the operator may start with the slide at'the right-hand end and continue setting quads until the needle approaches the edge of the out. He may then stop, move-the needle to the edge of the cut, and read on the scale the number of quads which must be inserted to fill the line to the edge of the cut; a

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure byLett'ers Patent: 2

1. The combination with the assembling mechanism, of a linotype machine and a flat copy-holder, of a pointer rod terminating adjacent the copy-holder and movable across the latter by said assembling mechanism, said pointer rod being also movable across said c'opy h'older independently of the movement of said assembling mechanism and having a pointer forindicatingtheeXtent of the lastmentioned movement. a 1 V 2. The combination with the assembling mechanism of a linotype machine and a fiat copy holder, of a pointer rod terminating adjacent the copy-holder and movable acrossthe latter by said assembling mechanism, said pointer rod being also'movable across said copy-holder independently of the move- 7 ment of said assembling mechanism and hav- 7 B. In combination with the assembling mechanism of a linoty e machine and a copy holder, of a pointer rod terminating adjacent the copy-holder and carried transversely of said copy-holder by the movement of said assembling mechanism and having lost motion connections with said assembling mechanism, whereby it may be moved transversely of the copy-holder independently of said assembling mechanism.

4. In combination with the assembling mechanism of a linotype machine and a copyholder, of a pointer rod terminating adjacent the copy-holder and carried transversely of said copy-holder by the movement of said assembling mechanism and having lost motion connections with said assembling mechanism, whereby it may be moved transversely of the copy-holder independently of said assembling mechanism, and a graduated indicator for showing the extent of said lastmentioned movement.

5. The combination with the assembling mechanism of a linotype machine and a flat copy-holder, of a pointer terminating adjacent the copy-holder and depending from the assembling mechanism and movable transversely of the machine with the assembling mechanism and movable longitudinally independently of said mechanism.

6. The combination with the assembling mechanism of a linotype machine and a copyholder, of a supporting rod carried by the assembling mechanism, and a depending rod carried by said supporting rod and movable therewith transversely of the copy-holder and longitudinally movable in respect thereto and terminating adjacent the co py-l'iolder.

7. The combination with the assembling mechanism of a linotype machine and a fiat copy-holder, of a supporting rod carried, by said assembling mechanism, a slide longitudinally movable of said supporting rod, and a pointer rod carried by said slide and longitudinally movable in respect thereto.

8. The combination with the assembling mechanism of a linotype machine and a copy-holder, of a scale carrying rod secured to said assembling mechanism, a scale carried by said rod, a pointer rod carried by said first-mentioned rod and movable in respect thereto, and a pointer movable over said scale by the'relative movement of the pointer rod and scale supporting rod.

9. An attachment for linotype machines, comprising a supporting rod, a scale carried thereby, a slide movable longitudinally thereof, a pointer rod carried by the slide and longitudinally movable in respect there to, and a pointer movable over said scale and controlled by the relative movement of the slide and supporting rod.

10. An attachment for linotype machines, comprising a supporting rod, a pointer rod carried thereby and longitudinally movable therethrough, said pointer rod being polygonal in cross section and having a plurality of rows of recesses or indentations along the length thereof, and a spring catch for engagement with any one of said rows of recesses.

11. An attachment for linotype machines, comprising a supporting rod, means for securing the same to the assembling mechanism of the machine, a pointer rod carried by said supporting rod and longitudinally movable in respect thereto and having one end thereof terminating adjacent the copy, said pointer rod having a plurality of rows of recesses extending longitudinally thereof, and a spring catch for engagement with any one of said rows, the distance between the recesses of the separate rows corresponding to different sizes of type employed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALFRED F. WELLING. \Vitnesses CLAIR TV. FAIRBANK,

JOHN P. DAVIS. 

